bookworm

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Cinematographer Łukasz Żal frames the scene in a pane of window glass so that Agnes’ reflection ripples across Will’s yearning face, contrasting the earthy enchantress with the indoor bookworm.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

An under-the-radar prospect from Miami, Mendoza was such a bookworm in high school that some coaches stopped pursuing him because they questioned whether he really wanted to play football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

As a child, she was a "bookworm" who loved attending acting classes and workshops.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

I was a shy bookworm who loved reading Judy Blume books.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2023

What were they to him, Silvertongue and his daughter, the boy, the bookworm, and the woman who was another man’s wife once more?

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke